CME 3303 HW 6 Solution PDF
CME 3303 HW 6 Solution PDF
CME 3303 HW 6 Solution PDF
Homework # 6
Problem 1: Skin drag for flow past immersed objects
A water tower consists of a 12 m
diameter sphere on top of a vertical tower
that is 30 m tall and 1 m in diameter.
Estimate the aerodynamic drag force
imposed by a 50 km/hr wind on the tank
in a standard day. Neglect the
interference at the joint between the
sphere and the vertical tower. Assume
that air is at 37.8 oC. For a sphere with
NRE>2 ×106, CD=0.18.
Solution
To the side, a schematic (not to scale) of
the water tower is drawn. We will assume
that the full surface area of the sphere is
immersed in air.